Clothes hanger



Nov, ll, 1924.,

S. H. JOHNSON CLOTHES HANGER Filed March 29 Patented Nov. ll, lge.

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CLOTHES HANGER.

Application flied March 29, 1924. Serial No. 702,819.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known thatl, SIMON H. JoHNsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county of New `Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes Hangers; and l do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in-

Fig. l a rear view of a clothes hanger constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 a side View of the same.

Fig. 3 a sectional view on the line SW3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 an underside view of the rack.

This invention relates to improvement in clothes hangers, and particularly to hangers of the type which comprise two horizontally-arranged jaws between which the edges of garments may be clamped, the object of the invention being a simple arrangement of parts, whereby the pressure between the clamps may be adjusted as desired and which will firmly grip the garments and readily release them, and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention, l employ a supporting-arm 5, struck up from sheetmetal and having a horizontal front clamping-bar 6 fixed to its lower end. Mounted in the supporting-arm and projecting rearwardly therefrom is a curved U-shaped rack 7. The upper end of the supporting-arm is formed with an eye or hook S, by which it may be suspended. Pivotally connected with the supporting-arm near the upper end thereof, is a clamping-arm 9. This is bowed away from the supporting-arm and has a horizontal clamping-plate 10 secured to its lower end like the clamping-plate G. Pivotally mounted in the clamping-arm is a segmental pawl 11 adapted to enter between the sides of the rack 7 and. is formed with a nose 12 adapted to engage with the bars 1S of the rack. The outer end of the pawl projects beyond the clamping-plate to form a linger-piece 14;, and a portion of the clamping-plate is struck out below the pawl to form a finger-piece 15, to facilitate the movement of the pawl. The pawl is held in its d-epressed position in engagement with the rack by a spring 16, and the clamping-arm is normally forced away from the clampingplate by a spring 17. By pressing the linger-piece 14 toward the finger-piece 15, the pawl will be lifted out of engagement with the rack, so that the clamping-plates 6 and l0 will separate to permit articles to be placed between them; then the clampingplates are moved toward each other and this brings the nose of the pawl into engagement with the bars of the rack, so as to lock the clamping-bars together with any desired degree of tension, The spring 17 holds the members in the locked position, but when released, the spring 17 causes the clampingbars to separate to release the garment between them.

I claim:

1. A clothes hanger, comprising a supporting-arm, a clamping-bar attached to its lower end, a clamping-arm pivotally connected with the supporting-arm near its upper end and bowed rearwardly, downwardly and forwardly therefrom, a clamping-bar secured to the lower end of the clamping-arm parallel with the clampingbar of the supporting-arm, a rack mounted on the. supporting-arm and extending toward the clamping-arm, a pawl mounted in the clamping-arm and extending into en gagement with said rack, the said pawl pro jecting through and beyond the rear of the clamping-arm, said clampingarm formed below the pawl with a. linger-piece, and a spring tending to hold the pawl in engagement with said rack.

2. A clothes hanger, comprising a supporting-arm, a clamping-bar attached to its lower end, a clamping-arm pivotally connected with the supporting-arm near its upper end and bowed rearwardly, downwardly and forwardly therefrom, a clamping-bar secured to the lower end of the clamping-arm parallel with the clampingbar of the supporting-arm, a. U-shaped segmental rack mounted on the supporting-arm and extending toward the clamping-arm, a segmental pawl mounted in the clampingarm and extending into engagement with said rack, the said pawl projecting through and beyond the rear of the clamping-arm, said clamping-arm formed below the pawl with a ngel'peoe, ay spring tending to hold the pawl in engagement with said rack, and n spring tending to force the ohunpingmrm away from the supporting-,Mnl

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two Subsorlblng wltnesses.

SIMON H. JOHNSON. Vitnesses:

WlLLARD R. CARROLL, THOMAS M. FERGUSON. 

